North Andover Patch's "Reflections on 9-11" video series concludes, asking North Andover Fire Department Lieutenant Michael Beirne, residents George Clark and Tim O'Brien, and Jimmy's Famous Pizza employee Katie Brown if they feel, with Osama bin Laden gone, that America is safer.

Bob and Donna Cuomo narrowly escaped the Marriott World Trade Center Hotel on 9/11. Bob was at the hotel for a business presentation when the first plane hit. Donna was just beginning her day in their hotel room on the 15th floor. Beyond their nerve-wracking getaway from the hotel, Bob and Donna consider themselves extremely fortunate to have made it to Penn Station and boarded a train back to Boston where they were united with their family that very same night. “The train back to Boston was painful in a lot of ways,” says Bob. “As we were moving away from New York you could see the smoke …

Ten years after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon with hijacked planes, North Andover will pay tribute to the victims, their families and the soldiers who have fought back in the war against terrorism. At 9 a.m., the North Andover Fire Department and Veterans Services office will hold a ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park. Matt Davis of the North Andover Fire Department has been in charge of organizing the event and said he chose that park for the event this year -- rather than in front of Town Hall, because of the expected large turnout. From 12:30 to 2 p.m., local …

North Andover Patch's "Reflections on 9-11" video series continues, asking North Andover Fire Department Lieutenant Michael Beirne, residents George Clark and Tim O'Brien, and Jimmy's Famous Pizza employee Katie Brown if they feel that the time and effort expended to capture or kill Osama bin Laden was worth it.

On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists struck at the United States of America, flying jets loaded with fuel into the World Trade Center towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.  On Monday, Sept. 17, 2001, President George W. Bush concluded a meeting at the Pentagon. "I want justice," he said. "There's an old poster out West, as I recall, that said, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive.'" North Andover Patch's "Reflections on 9-11" video series continues, asking North Andover Fire Department Lieutenant Michael Beirne, residents George Clark and Tim O'Brien, and Jimmy's Famous Pizza employee Katie…

North Andover residents Greg and Jill Herenda reflect on Sept. 11, 2001. Jill was working as a flight attendant for Continental Airlines at the time. Greg was a basketball coach in North Carolina.

North Andover Firefighter Steve Sentementes was a firefighter in Connecticut in 2001 and recalls the horrific scene at Ground Zero in the days after the Sept. 11 attacks. The photos of Ground Zero seen in this video were taken by Sentementes.

North Andover Firefighter Steve Sentementes stands with a fire truck the town purchased with grant money generated as a result of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Sentementes, who joined the North Andover Fire Department in 2007, was a firefighter in Connecticut on Sept. 11, 2001. He went to Ground Zero in the days after the terror attack to help with rescue and recovery efforts.

North Andover Patch spoke with North Andover FD Lieutenant Michael Beirne, residents George Clark and Tim O'Brien, and Jimmy's Famous Pizza employee Katie Brown who reflected on the morning of Sept. 11, 2011.

Peter Guza, who recently moved to North Andover, remembers Sept. 11, 2001, vividly. "I was a junior at Lehigh University and I was sleeping in that day because I had a late class," Guza said. "I lived in a fraternity house, so I had a lot of friends close by. A friend of mine called me and woke me up after the first plane hit, but my dad worked in the second tower." Guza's father, Phil Guza, worked on the 105th floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center. "I knew that he worked on a very high floor," Guza continued. "He was on 105, and there were only 110 floors. My initial instinct …